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  Lawka Dotha Mahn Aung

 

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The Lawka Dotha Mahn Aung Pagoda in Inwa (Ava), features a tall and rather steep tapering, white stupa, that is crowned with a golden umbrella or hti.

 

The stupa is guarded by eight chintha that encircle the base, which itself has the contours of a lotus. The rectangular complex, built on a elevated platform has a brick surrounding wall, with at each corner a masonry edifice. To the east of the stupa is the temple's prayer hall or vihara, which houses a seated Buddha image (fig.) and consists of an open, sala-like building, with a wooden roof and white enclosing wall.

 

  Lawka Dotha Mahn Aung

 

  Lawka Dotha Mahn Aung

 

The temple's name means Conqueror of Worldly Anger and was in the past a place to which people came (fig.) to quench their anger.

 

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